Seattle police searching for rape suspect

Police still are searching for the attacker of a woman who said she was raped in an alley near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Pine Street late last month.

Police spokesman Mark Jamieson said a detective from the sexual assault unit was investigating the incident, which the woman said occurred about 2:45 p.m. Aug. 31.

She told police a man grabbed her chest in the alley and pushed her against a wall, according to a police report released Monday. He demanded her money and when the woman said she didn’t have any, the man exposed a dark handgun in his waistband.

Fearing for her safety, the woman handed the suspect her wallet that had various health care cards. The man then sexually assaulted her, according to the report

In an attempt to stop the man, she offered him her bottle of prescription of Zanac, a medication that obstructs stomach acid production.

The woman took a Metro bus to her Lake City home after not being able to reach her family by cell phone. Her mother called police to report the rape. The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center and her clothes were individually packaged as evidence.

The alleged attacker was described as a Hispanic man in his early 30s, 5-foot-11 with an average build and a 2-inch scar from his right eye to his upper right cheek bone.

He was reportedly wearing an orange shirt, gray zipper sweatshirt, blue jeans a gold chain and white New Balance shoes. The woman said he had short dark hair with a design shaved in the back.